Mark 10:44

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.

King James Version (1611)
And whosoeuer of you will bee the chiefest, shalbe seruant of all.

King James Version
And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

English Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

New American Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you shall be slave of all.

New Century Version
Whoever wants to become the first among you must serve all of you like a slave.

Amplified Bible
and whoever wishes to be first and most important among you must be slave of all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Legacy Standard Bible
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.

Berean Standard Bible
and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

Contemporary English Version
And if you want to be first, you must be everyone's slave.

Complete Jewish Bible
and whoever wants to be first among you must become everyone's slave!

Darby Translation
and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever wants to be first must serve the rest of you like a slave.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

George Lamsa Translation
And anyone of you who wishes to be first, let him be a servant of every man.

Good News Translation
and if one of you wants to be first, you must be the slave of all.

Lexham English Bible
and whoever wants to be most prominent among you must be the slave of all.

Literal Translation
And whoever of you desires to become first, he shall be slave of all.

American Standard Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

Bible in Basic English
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

Hebrew Names Version
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.

International Standard Version
and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone.

Etheridge Translation
and whoever of you willeth to be the first, he shall be the labourer for all.

Murdock Translation
And he of you that would be first, must be servant to every one.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest, shalbe seruaunt of all.

English Revised Version
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

World English Bible
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be servant of all.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And whosoever desireth to be the chief, shall be the servant of all.

Weymouth's New Testament
and whoever desires to be first among you must be the bondservant of all.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and who euer wole be the firste among you, schal be seruaunt of alle.

Update Bible Version
and whoever would be first among you, shall be slave of all.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever of you will be the chief, shall be servant of all.

New English Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.

New King James Version
And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.

New Living Translation
and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.

New Life Bible
Whoever wants to be first among you, must be the one who is owned and cares for all.

New Revised Standard
and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, whosoever desireth, among you, to be, first, shall be, servant of all;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all.

Revised Standard Version
and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all.

Young's Literal Translation
and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and who so wyl be chefest amonge you, shalbe seruaunt of all.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and whoever would be the chief, he must be the slave of all the rest.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The top hand among you will be the one who puts everyone else first and himself last.

Contextual Overview

³²Back on the road, they set out for Jerusalem. Jesus had a head start on them, and they were following, puzzled and not just a little afraid. He took the Twelve and began again to go over what to expect next. "Listen to me carefully. We're on our way up to Jerusalem. When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars. They will sentence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Romans, who will mock and spit on him, give him the third degree, and kill him. After three days he will rise alive." ³⁵ James and John, Zebedee's sons, came up to him. "Teacher, we have something we want you to do for us." ³⁶ "What is it? I'll see what I can do." ³⁷ "Arrange it," they said, "so that we will be awarded the highest places of honor in your glory—one of us at your right, the other at your left." ³⁸ Jesus said, "You have no idea what you're asking. Are you capable of drinking the cup I drink, of being baptized in the baptism I'm about to be plunged into?" ³⁹"Sure," they said. "Why not?" Jesus said, "Come to think of it, you will drink the cup I drink, and be baptized in my baptism. But as to awarding places of honor, that's not my business. There are other arrangements for that." ⁴¹When the other ten heard of this conversation, they lost their tempers with James and John. Jesus got them together to settle things down. "You've observed how godless rulers throw their weight around," he said, "and when people get a little power how quickly it goes to their heads. It's not going to be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for many who are held hostage."

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:7 - If thou wilt Matthew 23:11 - General Philippians 2:7 - the form

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest,.... Is desirous of the highest place and the greatest honour

shall be servant of all: for the ministers of the Gospel are not only the servants of Christ Jesus, but also of the churches for his sake; and in serving them, they serve Christ: not that they are to be the servants of men and to take their instructions from them and act according to rules prescribed by them; or seek to please men for then they would not be the servants of Christ: but they become servants to all that they may win souls to Christ, and increase his churches, and enlarge his interest; and such as are most useful this way are the chiefest in the Gospel church state; they are honoured by Christ and esteemed by his people; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 20:20-28.

Mark 10:35

And James and John ...came unto him - They did this through the instrumentality of their mother. They did not come in “person,” but they got their mother to make the request for them. Compare the notes at Matthew 20:20.